Chapel Allerton
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Chapel Allerton is a suburb of Leeds, 4 km (2 miles) north-east of the city centre, West Yorkshire, England.
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[edit] History
Formerly a village referred to as Alreton in the Domesday Book, Chapel Allerton was incorporated into Leeds administrative area in 1869 as a civil parish. Its housing ranges from gentrified nineteenth-century terraces in the south and west to suburban twentieth-century housing in the north and east. The area includes art deco housing. The area was once home to an art deco cinema, the Dominion. Opened in 1934 and lasting only until 1967, the cinema stood on Montreal Avenue. The residential street 'Dominion Avenue' is close to its former site[1]. The public house The Nag's Head opened in 1772 and according to local legend the original inkeepers were in league with 18th Century Highwaymen.[2] The area was once home to a gothic stone church, St Matthew's Church, built in 1900, yet by 1935 attendances had fallen and the church had become so unsafe it was demolished[3]. Until the Leeds Tram was removed, Chapel Allerton was linked to the City Centre by tram and the area also had its own tram shed.
[edit] Amenities
The area has an established local centre, which is situated around the junction of Stainbeck Lane and Harrogate Road. This consists of two Somerfield supermarkets (which is quite unusual, given they are of a similar size and only a few hundred yards apart), a post office, several banks, several resteraunts as well as many pubs and bars. The Three Hulats Pub is a J.D Weatherspoons Freehouse. Other pubs include The Regent, The Queens Arms, The Shoulder of Mutton, The Mustard Pot and The Suburban Style Bar.There is also a large Cafe Nero.
The former Police Station is now a bar and restaurant, the new Police Station is further down Stainbeck Lane, although called Chapeltown Police Station, it is in fact in Chapel Allerton. The Police Station is divisional headquarters for a large part of Leeds,covering as far out as Wetherby.
There are also many takeaways, a library, petrol station and many other independent shops. The council have allowed many cafe's, bars and restraunts to utilise pavement space creating a pavement cafe culture in the area. Many of the shops are chains, such as Subway, Greggs (formerly Thurstons), Pizza Hut and Cafe Nero. .
[edit] Hospital
Chapel Allerton Hospital is an NHS hospital which includes the Chapel Allerton Orthopaedic Centre. It was established in 1927 in the building and grounds of Gledhow Grove mansion, a Grade II listed building which has now been converted to housing. The hospital now occupies buildings which were opened in 1994, across Harehills Lane from its original site.
[edit] Notable References in Popular Culture
- Norfolk Green was used as the main setting in 1980s Yorkshire Television dramas The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection. There were also several other scenes shot in the Chapel Allerton area. Using an end terrace house on Norfolk Green as the main setting, replacing a house that had been used on Abbeydale Oval in Kirkstall.
- The Yorkshire Television series Fat Friends was in part filmed around Chapel Allerton.
[edit] Location
Surrounding districts include Moortown, Meanwood, Roundhay, Gledhow and Chapeltown.
[edit] Location Grid
| North: Moortown | ||
| West: Meanwood, Scott Hall | Chapel Allerton | East: Gledhow |
| South: Chapeltown, Potternewton |
[edit] External links
- chapelallerton.org
- Chapel Allerton: a short history BBC website
- chapel-a.com Community discussion forum, reviews and directory.
- Wikitravel Leeds/Chapel Allerton
- The Ancient Parish of Leeds. GENUKI. Historical and genealogical resource for area including Chapel Allerton
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